2009: Year of the Ox

Tomorrow is the lunar new year’s eve, otherwise known as the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. More accurately the week long celebration beginning tomorrow is known as Spring Festival, but tomorrow night specifically is New Year’s eve. The year of the Mouse comes to a close and we welcome the year of the Ox.
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Believe this…Jiujiang has TWO McDonald’s now! TWO!

Recently Jiujiang embedded itself more into the international map by opening its first Walmart. I was out of town at the time of the grand opening on January 15th, however, I have since made up for that by returning not once but twice just to have a look around.

Unlike Walmart’s in the US, here [...]

Things to do and see in China…if you get the chance to visit.

I’ve been pouring over the past four months of images that I’ve captured since I returned to China for Year: 2 trying to decide just how I plan to present all of this information to you. The fact that I am writing this post may give you hope that I’ve figured out a solution [...]